Noor Beta

@morajabi very cool! How did you approach, in particular, the problem of other team chat apps being "too slow"?

@rajiv_ayyangar thanks! we actually started out as a similar product to Tandem in 2019-2020, after all that problem was real. Soon after, we realized people will not use multiple communication apps daily and default to where the chat is. So we pivoted in late 2022 and started over. We knew we had to make a really good chat app. It had to solve multiple problems: 1. Be low-CPU and low latency -> we chose Rust and wrote our own media stack in pure Rust rather than using libwebrtc 2. It needed status and presence backed-in so you know when and who is available at anytime at a glance -> we build "presence" area, that you click anywhere and your avatar is present. If anyone clicks on you, you link together and you can talk/pair. if you focus, people can't join you and they'll see you status. 3. It had to solve messaging problems in Slack too, and also solve async work 4. It had to feel fun, lightweight, and allow guilt-free disconnect when needed without quitting the app -> virtual office era softwares quickly became like meeting software and people can't focus on work if there's a meeting/call going on. So by default, even if you're "present" you aren't in a voice chat until people link to you (if you're open and not focused) Screen-shot of our team in Noor right now: https://share.cleanshot.com/k6rX... Happy to answer any other questions, Rajiv! P.S. we've met in a Pioneer AMA in 2020 :)

@morajabi congratulations

@ella_wandy thanks!

Congratulations @morajabi and the entire Noor team on the official launch! 🚀 It's inspiring to see the dedication and hard work you've poured into solving the pain points of team chat apps like Slack. Noor sounds like a game-changer, offering a streamlined and efficient solution for teams tired of the noise and distractions. Can't wait to give it a try and experience the difference firsthand!

@theflowagency Aww, thank you Glenn. Let's go! 🫡

@fayazahmed Thank you Fayaz! 🫡 Excited for what's coming

@frcbls Thank you, Ferruccio! 🫡 P.S. Back when you tried the app it was in a really beta shape and we didn't have a mobile app. Since then, we shipped a native Swift iOS app, screen-share, reply in thread, search, fixed lots of small issues, re-wrote our sync engine to be robust and fast, and a lot more.

@bojan_babic Thank you Borjan 🙏 See you in the app

@saamuel Thanks Samuel! 🥹

@chek Aww thank you so much Che! You've been such an early user of our initial iterations. 🫡